Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.The report released on Wednesday noted a 25 percent rise in the past year in the number of “problematic” social networking groups on the Internet.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-39603820090513
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/2410151/Also see:Simon Wiesenthal Centre: Facebook used to ‘promote hatred of Jews’
Facebook was under increasing fire tonight for allegedly hosting pages promoting hatred against Jews after a report found that militants and hate groups were increasingly using social networking sites as propaganda tools to recruit new members.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6282500.ece
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